DNA Viruses -
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DNA VIRUSES |
| Parvoviruses | Minute virus of mice? |
| Papovaviruses | Polyoma virus of mice and SV 40 induce solid tumours in hamsters and mice. |
Adenoviruses |
Many serotypes of human and monkey adenoviruses induce malignancy in hamsters and rats. Adeno 12, 18 and 21 most ocnogenic in the laboratory. |
| Herpesviruses | Several member induce leukemias and lymphomas in monkeys guinea pigs, rabbits and chicken |
Epstein-Barr (ED) virus causes infectious mononucleosis and has been consistently isolated from Burkitt's lymphoma, a tumour that occurs ill Africa, especially in children. |
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| Herpes simplex virus Type 2 is suspected to cause carcinoma of the uterus cervix 10 women | |
| Luck's disease virus causes adenocarcinoma (renal tumour) in frogs | |
| Marek's disease virus causes tumours in birds. | |
| Poxviruses | Rabbit fl broma-myxoma virus causes tumours in rabbits. . |
| Yaba monkey tumour virus causes benign subcutaneous tumors. In monkeys and man | |
| Molluscum contagiosum causes benign epidermal tumours in man. |